Adjustable receptacle for window-sills.



H. GREENE.

ADJUSTABLE REGEPTAOLE FOR WINDOW SlLLS. APPLICATION FILED DEO.18, 1912.

1,69,1 l Patented Aug. 5, 1913-.

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7Q a ill? mvsnrron ATTORNEYS HARVEY GREENE, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADJUSTABLE RECEPTACLE FOR WINDOW-SILLS.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, HARVEY GREENE, a citizenof the United States of America, residing at Pittsburgh, in the countyof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Adjustable Receptacles for l/Vin- (low-Sills, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to an adjustable receptacle for window sills, andmy invention aims to provide a novel receptacle or housing that can beplaced upon a window sill or other support for holding milk bottles,vegetables and other matter requiring cool air for preservation. Thereceptacle has been especially designed for a window sill and easyaccess can be had to the receptacle by simply raising the lower sash ofa window, thereby obviating the necessity of a housewife 0r servantgoing out of doors in order to obtain matter that'is preserved by winteror out-of-door temperature.

My invention further aims to provide an extensible or adjustablereceptacle that can be increased or decreased in its longitudi naldimension whereby it can be fitted in a window frame to be supported bythe sill thereof, the receptacle having special provision for thoroughventilation, besides being of such construction that it can be easilycleaned and maintained in a sanitary condition.

My invention further aims to accomplish the above results by amechanical construction that is inexpensive to manufacture, durable andhighly efficient for the purposes for which it is intended.

The invention will be hereinafter specifically described and thenclaimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1is a perspective view of the receptacle, Fig. 2 is a cross sectionalview of the same as mounted upon a window sill, and Fig. 3 is a plan ofa portion of the same.

A receptacle in accordance with this invention comprises two sections,each section having an end wall 1 provided with inwardly projectingflanges 2 to which are riveted or otherwise secured, as at 3. top plates4 and 5 and bottom plates 6 and 7. The top Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Aug. 5,1913.

Application filed December 18, 1912. Serial No. 737,512.

and bottom plates 5 and 7 have the longitudinal edges thereof flangedinwardly, as at 8 to receive the top and bottom plates 4 and (5 and thebottom plate (3 has a longitudinal slot 9 to receive a bolt 10 carriedby the inner end of the bottom plate 7. Screwed upon the bolt 10 is awinged thumb nut 11, which together with said bolt constitutes meanswhereby the bottom plates 6 and 7 can be locked together in adjustedposition. The bottom plate 7, at the inner end thereof, has a dependingsupport 7*, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The top and bottom plates 4 and 6 are connected by an outer wall 12 thatis adjustable against the inner side of an outer wall 13 connecting thetop and bottom plates 5 and 7. In other words, one section ischannel-shaped and is telescoped by the other section.

' The end walls 1 are provided with ventilating openings 14L and theinner edges of said walls have outwardly extending vertical angleflanges 15 adapted to engage between the guide or weather strips 16 of awindow frame 17, when the receptacle is seated upon the sill or lowerportion 18 of a window frame. The support 7 rests upon the sill or lowerportion 18 of the window frame and cooperates with the angle flanges 15in properly positioning the receptacle relatively to the window frame.

The inner sides of the walls 1, intermediate the upper and lower endsthereof, are

provided with angle bars 19 that are riveted or otherwise connected tothe walls 1. The angle bars 19 form ledges for an extensible shelf,comprising a slotted or slatted section 20 that is telescoped by asimilar section 21. The edges of the section 21 are flanged, similar tothe top and bottom plates 5 and 7, whereby the edges of the section 20that the structural elements are susceptible tolsuch variations andmodifications as fallwithin the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is A receptacle for window sills comprising a pair oftelescopic sections, each consisting of a top and bottom, front and oneend wall,

the top and bottom walls of one of said sections having their rear endsextended With respect to the top and bottom walls of said other sectionand with said extended portions bent in an outward direction to providelongitudinally extending flanges overlapping the top and bottom walls ofthe other section for slidably connecting the sections together, each:of the end walls of said sect-ions extended inwardly with respect tothe top and bottom walls of its respective section, said extendedportions bent laterally and outwardly to provide integral verticallydisposed angle-shaped flanges adapted to extend between the guide stripsand the window sashes for connecting the sections to the window frame,the bottom wall of one of said sections provided with a longitudinallyextending slot, and means" HARVEY GREENE.

Witnesses MAX H. SROLOVITZ, J .-P. APPLEMAN.

